Young Latin Janitor
Thursday, October 13, 2005
As with every office building, there are janitorial and maintenance personnel at all times. There is one girl in praticular that always catches my eye because she just looks so out of place. She looks like she's in her young twenties. Latin girl that speaks only broken English. She is sort of good looking... definitely not bad looking by most standards. I always see her in the parking lot taking out the trash or doing other janitorial things. I don't know why, but it looks so out of place.
Why is this so strange to me?
Possibly because she doesn't "look" like the stereotypical janitor? What "is" the stereotypical janitor anyways? Fat, old, short, weathered skin, and zero English? Maybe because she is thin, young, tall, and nice skinned, still little English... I automatically see her out of place.
Does anyone aspire to be a janitor? If given a chance, will those janitors be more ambitious in their careers? I'd like to think so. I guess what strikes me as odd is that she IS young... and usually young people are in school or finished school so they don't have to a janitor.
Or perhaps she just likes doing it.
I still think it's odd... but probably more odd is how I've even thought these thoughts.
Why is this so strange to me?
Possibly because she doesn't "look" like the stereotypical janitor? What "is" the stereotypical janitor anyways? Fat, old, short, weathered skin, and zero English? Maybe because she is thin, young, tall, and nice skinned, still little English... I automatically see her out of place.
Does anyone aspire to be a janitor? If given a chance, will those janitors be more ambitious in their careers? I'd like to think so. I guess what strikes me as odd is that she IS young... and usually young people are in school or finished school so they don't have to a janitor.
Or perhaps she just likes doing it.
I still think it's odd... but probably more odd is how I've even thought these thoughts.
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